Language and Terminology
Controlled Language
Definition
What Controlled Language Means
Controlled language trades expressive range for predictability. The same idea is always written the same way, which reduces ambiguity for readers and variance for translators.
An unplanned beneficiary is machine reading. Content where one concept has one name and one sentence carries one instruction is content a retrieval system can ground on reliably, which was not the reason anyone adopted it.
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The controlled language specification for technical documentation: about sixty-five writing rules plus a dictionary where each word has one meaning.
Defined TermA word or phrase given a stipulated meaning for the purposes of a document, binding wherever it appears and managed rather than retyped.
TaxonomyThe controlled structure of categories and terms used to classify content, so it can be filtered, found and assembled consistently.
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